Francine gains strength and is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches US Gulf Coast
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Francine gains strength and is expected to be a hurricane when it reaches US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and was expected to reach hurricane status on Tuesday before reaching landfall in Louisiana. A storm surge warning was in effect for an area stretching from just east of Houston to the mouth of the Mississippi River south of New…